Have you tried the Sprint Booster in your car? If not, how can you truly form an opinion of a product effectiveness? What you have is only a belief based on speculative data.
I have to admit, I know exactly what type of product you are talking about because I fell for it myself about 2-3 years ago. It was from a very reputable company in the tuner community so I tried it. All it did was change the pedal map. For example, 30% throttle input would send the signal for 60% throttle to the car. Yeah, that SUCKS. Never used it after the initial test drive.
Thank you.
How did you launch the car. From a dead stop or did you brake torque? If it's the latter, what rpm did you launch at?
No my gas mileage is pretty good if I just leave my car in ECO mode and drive the speed limit. I drive my Genesis in a lot of stop-and-go Atlanta traffic and average about 16mpg on my commutes. However, I did not buy a 420hp V8 engine car just to worry about obtaining the best fuel economy over performance.
I just pressed the gas pedal from a standstill. I even still had the traction control on. I used ECO mode because that is what I normally drive my Genesis in daily unless I want to compete against another car. My car seem to move fairly quick in ECO mode so I just wanted to test it out and see how quick it was in the mode I use most often.
There might be some benefit to these "boosters" in way of less lag time or a bit more consistent opening, but I'm used to throttle modulation. My last daily driver was more performance oriented and 1200 pounds lighter than my 2015 5.0, plus it was a 6-speed manual. The standard mechanical cable to the throttle body was directly controlled by your foot pressure on the pedal. Being it would break traction easily, you had to control it with the pressure applied. This drive by wire stuff is taking a bit of getting used to by me, although I'm not the least concerned about "racing" on the street.
I have an GM V8 engine that I modified in my 2006 Escalade with the 6.0 engine. I performed the coolant bypass as well. I also installed a JET throttle body and JET MAF sensor with Airaid MIT intake pipe w/AFE dry air filter including a few other mods like Diablo sport tuner. I measured the 0-60mph using my Torque Pro and it was 6.5 seconds. Not bad for a large SUV.
LOL. That 1/4 mile time was when I merged onto the highway during my commute. I have the Torque app running when I am driving so that it records everything but only save the best times.Hellz yeah! 4.6 0-60... But your 1/4 mile time could use some work.
I heard that K&N filter about 90% or so the dust as the stock filter. However, I believe that I am trading better engine performance for more dust in my oil overall. Not much of an issue for me since I change my oil every 4k miles anyway. Cotton filters still filter the air of dust but no way as good as a paper filter yet allows the engine to make it true power output due to less restriction. Inversely, paper filters do not flow as much air as an cotton filter and reduces the engine overall power output yet keep the engine cleaner.
My thought exactly. That slow ass car was a 1/10th faster with a K&N, so it very possbile that my Genesis gain better performance than that car. Furthermore, my engine has twin air boxes and the K&N filter area is actually much larger than the stock Hyundai paper filters with is mostly a plastic plate. Check out my first post to see the difference. My engine gained at-least 15hp from the filter swap I bet if not more.
If you don't mind, could you please test you 0-60 time without the sprint Booster? I wander if that's helping you a bit while in Eco mode.
I actually did the ECO mode acceleration test with the Sprint Booster turned off, however it is possible that the Sprint Booster module still adjusted the stock throttle control calibration from the factory setting even when switched off. I may have to do a factory reset to regain the stock throttle calibration as set from the factory. However, I like how my car runs now so I am good with how my throttle performs.If you don't mind, could you please test you 0-60 time without the sprint Booster? I wander if that's helping you a bit while in Eco mode.
I have the drop in filters installed and will be replacing the intake tubes soon with smoother, more directed pipes. Pretty much looks like a "Y" instead of a "T". I don't know if it will do much, but I also have the torque app...
That's why I bought em also.... to save money
The engineers probably already knows that the engine makes additional power with high flowing filters, but it is equipped with paper filters that restricts power for cost and better protection. Paper does filters out dust better than cotton performance filters.
I am not saying that performance filters make "magic" horsepower out of nowhere. Many engines run better with more air flow, however automakers use inexpensive paper filters which have a good balance of engine power and protection which may reduce the horsepower production in the engine.
Hence why in 2006 published horsepower numbers were made to reflect the actual engine power with the air box and engine accessories by SAE, because some automakers were flubbing numbers by stating the engine power before adding the air box and other accessories that reduced the power output of the engine.
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